Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Gile Whitaker, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Gile Whitaker registered to vote in Davis County on August 13, 1867. He reported South Carolina as his birthplace and 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- South Carolina
- Birthplace
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Davis County
Gile Whitaker
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Gile Whitaker
- Place of birth
- South Carolina
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 1
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Davis County
- 26 years
- Years in the precinct
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Whitakers elsewhere in Texas
Variations of Whitaker
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 51 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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